Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?

An ongoing collaborative project is underway to identify locations where rare wetland birds are found in the Otago Region, focussing on the critically endangered matuku-hūrepo / Australasian bittern.

Matthew Herring also works as a private consultant for the Bitterns in Rice Project, a collaboration between Birdlife Australia, Ricegrowers' Association of Australia and Riverina Local Land Services, ...